>>>>How do I send the FOCUS back to a field from a VALID?
>>>
>>>*** Text.Valid event
>>>Return .F.
>>
>>hay Ed - return .f. works if you do not use SETFOCUS() in a Valid.
>>... :)
>Robert,
>
>You quoted the help file in a previous message that had your answer for you. You CANNOT call SetFocus from WHEN or VALID.
>
>You should do the SetFocus call in the GotFocus or LostFocus instead.

thanks Jim for answering... :)